Neritodryas cornea

The horny nerite,[3] Neritodryas cornea, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Horny nerite
Two shells of Neritodryas cornea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Tribe:
Theodoxini
Genus:
Neritodryas
Species:
N. cornea
Binomial name
Neritodryas cornea
Synonyms[1][2]

Nerita cornea Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Neritina amphibia Lesson, 1831
Neritina ampullaria Lesson, 1831

Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas.[4]

Description
Apertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.
Abapertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[5]

References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2017-12-12
  2. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/speciestaxon?id=4760
  3. "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Genus summary for Neritodryas". AnimalBase, accessed 12 December 2017.
  5. Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
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